Smoking-pipe.



A. P. BIPPEL.

SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1912.

1,061,009. E Patented May 6, 1913.

IIEE 1 wggi ALBERT F. RIPPEL, OF GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT.

SMOKING-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 30, 1912.

Patented May 6, 1913. Serial No. 674,265.

To all whom 2'25 may Concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. RIPPEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenwich, in the county of F airfield, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSmoking- Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to smoking pipes.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a pipeconstructed of separate parts which may be easily and quicklydisassociated from each other so as to facilitate the cleaning of thepipe.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a pipewhich includes as a component part thereof a trap adapted to catch andretain nicotin and saliva as it accumulates in the draw channel of thestem, so as to prevent the passage of such nicotin and saliva into themouth of the user.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of ref erence denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is alongitudinal section through a pipe constructed in accordance with theinvention, Fig. 2, a detail perspective view of the trap for catchingand holding nicotin and saliva accumulating in the stem, Fig. 3, a crosssection through the mouth piece of the pipe on the line 38 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the pipe is shown as comprising a stem portionA, a bowl B and a mouth piece C. The bowl B and stem A are each shown asformed of top and bottom sections with the corre sponding sections ofthe bowl and stem formed integral with each other. The top sections ofthe bowl and stem are indicated at 10 and 10 respectively while thebottom sections of said bowl and stem are indicated at- 11 and 11respectively. The stem sections 10 and 11 are provided with interiorlydisposed longitudinal grooves which mate when said sections areassembled and form a draw channel 12. This draw channel is provided withan enlarged lower portion 13 opening into the interior of the basesection 11 of the bowl for a purpose that will presently appear.

The base section 11 of the bowl is provided with a reduced threadedupper portion 14 upon which is adapted to be screwed the top section 10of the bowl. It will be here noted that the threads of the portion 14and the top sect-ion 10 are so arranged that when said top section 10 isscrewed home the stem sections 10 and 11 will be disposed in matingrelation. Seated in the base section 11 of the bowl is a trap 15provided with a stem 16 extending into the en-v larged portion 13 of thedraw channel 12. This trap includes a removable cover 15 by means ofwhich the upper end of both the body of the trap and the stem 16 isadapted to be closed and which will permit said trap to be filled with afresh supply of absorbent material at intervals. The lower side of thestem 16 is inclined toward the body of the trap, while the cover 15 hasstruck from its stem portion a plurality of tongues 17 which are bentupwardly and outwardly to form openings 18, said tongues when so bentserving as deflector plates to direct the accumulated saliva drawn bysuction from the bowl into the stem 16. The. deflecting tongue of theinnermost opening 18 is removed and said opening is made relativelylarger than the remaining openings 18 so that when the pipe is not inuse any saliva in the stem of the pipe which may flow toward the bowlwould pass into the trap through said innermost opening 18. The free endof the stem A is recessed as at 19 and threaded in this recess is thereduced end 20 of the mouth piece C. The mouth piece C is additionallysecured to the stem A by means of a band 19 screwed upon the stem A inoverlapping relation to the recess 19. This band serves to clamptheouter end of the stem A upon the adjacent end of the mouth piece C.The outer face of the band 19 is roughened as at 20 to form a suitablegripping surface for facilitating the screwing of said band upon thestem A. The mouth piece C is formed of two sections 21 and 22, theformer of which is provided with a dove-tailed longitudinal groove 23,whilethe latter is provided with a dove-tailed longitudinal tongue 2%adapted to enter said groove and secure the sections 21 and 22 together.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there has been provided apipe composed of a plurality of sections which may be easilydisassociated from each other for the purposes of cleaning, while thetrapstructure heretofore described serves to efliciently prevent thepassage of saliva and nicotin into the mouth of the user.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl and a stem provided with a drawchannel passing through the stem and communicating with the interior ofthe bowl, a receptacle seated in the bottom of the bowl and having astem extending into the draw channel, said stem being provided withopenings affording communication between the interior thereof and thedraw channel, and a plurality of deflector plates carried by the stemforward of each opening and inclined toward the bowl and projecting intothe draw channel exteriorly of the stem.

2. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl and a stem provided with a drawchannel passing through the stem and communicating with the interior ofthe bowl, a receptacle seated in the bottom of the bowl and having astem extending into the draw channel, said stem and receptacle havingopen top portions, a plate removably seated over the open top portion ofthe receptacle and the stem portion of said plate being provided withopenings aifording communication between the interior thereof and thedraw channel and a plurality of deflector plates carried by the stemportion of the plate forward of each opening and inclined toward thebowl and projecting into the draw channel.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT F. RIPPEL. Witnesses 2 FRED WV. BRUNNER, \VILLIAM A. BRIDGE.

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